Supreme Court of India · 1960-12-05
LT. COL. KHAJOOR SINGH vs THE UNION OF INDIA & ANOTHER.
- Citation / case number
- SC 1955/11
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- LT. COL. KHAJOOR SINGH
- Respondent
- THE UNION OF INDIA & ANOTHER.
- Bench
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ),KAPUR, J.L.,GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B.,SUBBARAO, K.,WANCHOO, K.N. & GUPTA, K.C. DAS & SHAH, J.C.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of a writ application against the Union of India, affirming that the jurisdiction under Article 226 does not extend to the Union when the order is outside its territorial jurisdiction. The Court clarified that the term 'authority' in Article 226 can include the Government, but only in appropriate cases where the authority against whom the writ is sought is a Government. The decision in Maqbulunnissa v. Union of India was overruled, reinforcing the interpretation of jurisdictional limits under Articles 32(2A) and 226 of the Constitution.